The meaning effects of the self-here-now in the discourse of domestic violence:

Abstract

In a context in which, year after year, research shows an alarming growth in cases of domestic violence in Brazil, this article aims to understand how the discourse of a woman who is a victim of domestic violence is formed from the perspective of studies in the field of Discursive Semiotics. More specifically, as the follow up to a broader research project, the analysis focuses on three of the procedures found at the discursive level of the meaning generative process, applied to a text in which the meaning effects of the self-here-now of those who suffered domestic violence of the moral and psychological types are apprehended.